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Chapter 34
“We were just going to hang out in the hotel. I was going to call my best friend Beth.”
“She’s the dancer right?”
“Yep. I was going to see if she wanted to hang with us tonight. I know it will be boring staying in the hotel, but you know the press is all over Nick being here.”
“I know. Come to my place. Everyone’s coming over. We are getting take out and renting some movies."
“You sure Love,” asked Kat.
Jennifer and she had hit it off as soon as they met again on Monday. Jennifer insisted she and Nick call her Love like her friends and family did.
“Of course Kat. I wouldn’t ask if I weren’t. And invite your friend Beth. Maybe we can hang out when you are gone.”
“I will call her right now.”
Kat called Beth and she agreed to meet them on the location set. Beth was now in rehearsals with the American Ballet Company. She loved New York. Kat went back to work taking photographs of Love. She was a really sweet person. Kat liked her. Everyone involved with the show was nice. Nick was hanging out with the guys in the cast and having a grand time not being the center of attention.
Beth arrived about an hour before they wrapped filming for the day. They all climbed in the limo with Love and went to the apartment Fox had rented for her during the New York location filming. It was a nice apartment, but simple, not extravagant by any means. Everyone else showed up an hour later with movies and food in hand. They all settled in to eat then watch the movies.
Kat took pictures of everything. It showed how the young cast felt about each other. They were all buddies. They welcomed Kat, Nick, and Beth into their circle. Kat felt lucky to have gained the trust of these people. She knew no one else would have been in the position to take these pictures. It also eliminated the need to do the formal shoot the magazine had requested for the Love at home section of the spread.
At the end of the evening, Love walked Kat, Nick and Beth out to a waiting cab. Beth and Love had exchanged numbers and made plans to have lunch the following week. Kat hugged Love and thanked her again for including them. Beth and Kat got into the back of the cab. Nick hugged Love and said goodnight then got into the cab.
The remainder of the week went smoothly. Kat spent Thursday night developing the pictures. She showed the contacts of the photos to Love on Friday before dropping them off at the In Style office. They were pleased with the pictures.
Nick and Katrina met up with Beth, Love and the rest of the cast on Saturday night at a club. They were celebrating the end of another week and saying bye to Kat and Nick. They danced until midnight then said goodbye. Heading back to the hotel, they fell in bed and got a good night sleep before heading for home the next morning.
It was a week before all hell broke loose. It started with an early morning call from a reporter. The reporter had call to get Nick’s comment on his new relationship with Jennifer Love Hewitt. Nick hung up and called the phone company to get his unlisted number changed again. They did it immediately. Nick and Katrina then spent the rest of the morning calling everyone to give them the new number. Kat went out to the grocery that afternoon. At the checkout she was greeted with pictures on the tabloids of Nick and Love hugging out in front of her apartment. Since Kat and Nick were regular shoppers at the store the clerk asked her if everything was OK. Kat assured the older woman things were fine. It was just the tabloids getting it wrong again.
She told Nick about the tabloids when she got home. She also called Love. Love apologized for it happening. Kat and Nick assured her she had nothing to apologize for, because she did nothing wrong.
Nick met with the Boys and management. They decided to just ignore it. Love’s people agreed with the strategy.
So they went about their business. Kat worked on updating the WebPages she managed. Nick met with the Boys and Wayne about the video. Wayne was having a problem finding the locations he needed. Nick suggested they go back to the Wilson Farm. Everyone loved the idea. Now they just had to get the Wilson’s to agree and that was Kat’s job.
“Hello.”
“Hey Mama Wilson.”
“Well if this ain’t Katrina as I live and breathe. Where are you girl?”
“I’m in Florida. How are you and Papa Wilson doing.”
“I’m good and he’s as old and cantankerous as ever.”
“Good,” laughed Kat.
“So what do you need girl?”
“You know me too well. Actually, it’s the Boys that need you. They are getting ready to shoot an new video and they need a location.”
“I’m guessin’ the location is our place.”
“Yes ma’am it is.”
“When?”
“A week from Wednesday.”
“Tell ‘em to come on. That will give me just enough time to convince RJ.”
“Thanks Mama Wilson. I need to tell everyone here. Now the director, Wayne Isham will be calling.”
Mrs. Wilson interrupted, “No! Give me his number and I will call him. I don’t want Papa getting hold of the man before I have won him over.”
“OK. Let me get it and call you back.”
“All right sweetie. I will wait for your call. I’ll be glad to see all those handsome young men again.”
“And they will be happy to see you too. I will call you right back. Bye.”
“So what are you doing with that handsome man of yours tonight?”
